After 17 years, when will this Over-the-Rhine development be finished?

Walter Reinhaus has spent more than 17 years trying to transform an old industrial building in Over-the-Rhine into an affordable place where artists can live and work. But a vote last month by the city’s Historic Conservation Board has him worried that getting the project completed at 24 W. McMicken Ave. will take even longer. “I would say I’m stuck,” Reinhaus said. Reinhaus argues that for his development to be successful, he must make certain modifications to the three-story structure. He contends that members of the Historic Conservation Board are contradicting approvals that their predecessors gave him years ago to make those changes. During a Nov. 6 meeting, the board gave Reinhaus the go ahead to add balconies to the eastern side of his building, overlooking a parking lot adjacent to it. But the board denied his requests to add balconies to the front of the building overlooking McMicken Avenue and to use a spiral staircase to connect two levels of balconies on the side.